1897-09-02 Hastings, Sussex, England, UK
Cecil Parker (3 September 1897 – 20 April 1971) was an English character and comedy actor with a distinctive husky voice, who usually played supporting roles in his 91 films made between 1928 and 1969. Born Cecil Schwabe in Hastings, Sussex, he began his theatrical career in London in 1922 after serving in World War I. He made his first film appearance in 1928 and subsequently became a familiar face in British, and occasionally American films, until his death. He appeared less often on television, but many of his films have remained popular and are often shown. He acted in two adaptations of A. J. Cronin's novels, The Citadel (1938) and The Stars Look Down (1940), in addition to appearing in The Lady Vanishes (1938) and Under Capricorn (1949), both of the later films were directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Other roles were in 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956), Dangerous Moonlight (1941), Swiss Family Robinson (1960), and I Was Monty's Double (1958), as well as the comedies A French Mistress (1960), The Ladykillers (1955), The Man in the White Suit (1951), The Court Jester (1955), Indiscreet (1958) and I Believe in You (1952). Parker was also the original Charles Condomine in the West End production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, a role subsequently played on Broadway by Clifton Webb and in the 1945 film by Rex Harrison. He often played a touchy senior officer or British upper-class character, and his last two films were true to form: The Magnificent Two (1967) with the British comedy double act Morecambe and Wise and Richard Attenborough's version of Oh! What A Lovely War (1969). He played an evil, scheming butler on one episode of The Avengers ("The £50,000 Breakfast"). Description above from the Wikipedia article Cecil Parker , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making | Self (archive) | 2002-05-07 |
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Oh! What a Lovely War | Sir John | 1969-03-10 |
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The Magnificent Two | Sir John | 1967-07-05 |
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Circus of Fear | Sir John | 1966-04-29 |
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A Man Could Get Killed | Sir Huntley Frazier | 1966-03-25 |
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A Study in Terror | Prime Minister | 1965-10-01 |
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The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders | The Mayor | 1965-05-26 |
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Lady L | Sir Percy | 1965-12-17 |
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Guns at Batasi | Fletcher | 1964-10-30 |
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Carry On Jack | First Sea Lord | 1964-02-23 |
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The Comedy Man | Thomas Rutherford | 1964-09-03 |
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The Iron Maiden | Sir Giles Thompson | 1963-06-07 |
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Heavens Above! | Archdeacon Aspinall | 1963-05-20 |
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The Amorous Prawn | Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam | 1962-11-26 |
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The Brain | Stevenson | 1962-09-05 |
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On the Fiddle | Group Capt. Bascombe | 1961-10-10 |
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Petticoat Pirates | C-in-C | 1961-11-01 |
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On the Fiddle | Gr/Cpt Bascombe | 1961-10-10 |
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The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's | Professor Canford | 1960-12-22 |
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Sotto dieci bandiere | Colonel Howard | 1960-09-15 |
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Swiss Family Robinson | Captain Moreland | 1960-12-21 |
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A French Mistress | John Crane M.A. Headmaster of Melbury School | 1960-08-25 |
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Follow That Horse! | 1960-07-11 | |
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The Night We Dropped a Clanger | Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser | 1959-10-10 |
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The Navy Lark | Cmdr. Stanton | 1959-01-01 |
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The Wreck of the Mary Deare | Inquiry Chairman | 1959-11-17 |
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Happy Is the Bride | Arthur Royd | 1958-03-04 |
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I Was Monty's Double | Colonel E.F. Logan | 1958-10-21 |
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Indiscreet | Alfred Munson | 1958-07-16 |
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A Tale of Two Cities | Jarvis Lorry | 1958-02-07 |
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The Admirable Crichton | Lord Henry Loam | 1957-06-11 |
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True as a Turtle | Dudley Partridge | 1957-02-01 |
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23 Paces to Baker Street | Bob Matthews | 1956-05-18 |
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It's Great to be Young! | Frome, Headmaster | 1956-12-26 |
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The Court Jester | King Roderick I | 1955-12-24 |
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The Ladykillers | Claude, alias 'Major Courtney' | 1955-12-08 |
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The Constant Husband | Llewellyn | 1955-04-21 |
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For Better, for Worse | Anne's Father | 1954-06-20 |
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Father Brown | The Bishop | 1954-06-08 |
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Isn't Life Wonderful! | Charles, the boy's father | 1953-11-08 |
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The Magic Box | 1st Platform Man | 1952-01-01 |
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His Excellency | Sir James Kirkman | 1952-01-22 |
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I Believe in You | Henry Phipps | 1952-03-05 |
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The Man in the White Suit | Alan Birnley | 1951-08-07 |
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Tony Draws a Horse | 1950-06-01 | |
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Dear Mr. Prohack | Arthur Prohack | 1949-09-07 |
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Under Capricorn | The Governor | 1949-09-08 |
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The Chiltern Hundreds | Benjamin Beecham | 1949-09-27 |
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Quartet | Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady") | 1948-10-26 |
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The First Gentleman | The Prince Regent | 1948-03-15 |
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The Weaker Sex | Geoffrey Radcliffe | 1948-10-11 |
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The Woman in the Hall | Sir Halmar Barnard | 1947-10-27 |
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Captain Boycott | Capt. Charles C. Boycott | 1947-08-26 |
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Hungry Hill | Copper John | 1947-01-07 |
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The Magic Bow | Luigi Germi | 1946-11-25 |
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Caesar and Cleopatra | Britannus | 1945-12-11 |
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Ships with Wings | German Air Marshal | 1941-11-10 |
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The Saint's Vacation | Rudolph Hauser | 1941-05-09 |
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Dangerous Moonlight | Specialist | 1941-06-26 |
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The Stars Look Down | Stanley Millington | 1940-01-22 |
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Under Your Hat | Sir Jeffrey Arlington | 1940-09-01 |
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Sons of the Sea | Cmdr. Herbert | 1939-12-23 |
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The Citadel | Dr. Charles Every | 1938-10-29 |
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Housemaster | Sir Berkeley Nightingale | 1938-01-31 |
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It Might Be You | Dr. Smith | 1938-11-25 |
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The Lady Vanishes | Eric Todhunter | 1938-10-07 |
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Storm in a Teacup | Provost William Gow | 1937-02-25 |
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Dark Journey | Captain Of Q-Boat | 1937-07-02 |
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The Man Who Changed His Mind | Dr. Gratton | 1936-09-11 |
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Men of Yesterday | 1936-05-01 | |
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Jack of All Trades | Sir Chas. Darrington | 1936-12-30 |
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Dishonour Bright | Vincent Crane | 1936-09-21 |
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Foreign Affaires | Lord Wormington | 1935-11-21 |
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Her Last Affaire | Sir Arthur Harding | 1935-10-21 |
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Me and Marlborough | Colonel of the Greys | 1935-07-22 |
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Crime Unlimited | Assistant Commissioner | 1935-08-01 |
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The Guv'nor | Bank Director | 1935-10-01 |
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The Silver Spoon | Trevor | 1934-06-04 |
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Lady in Danger | Piker | 1934-11-27 |
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The Blue Squadron | Bianchi | 1934-12-12 |
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Dirty Work | Gordon Bray | 1934-12-07 |
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The Office Wife | Lawrence Bradley | 1934-11-12 |
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Little Friend | Mason | 1934-11-18 |
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The Golden Cage | 1933-03-30 | |
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A Cuckoo in the Nest | Claude Hickett | 1933-11-11 |